AGIG boss backs "bipartisan" hydrogen plans

THE Australian Gas Infrastructure Group’s CEO Ben Wilson told Energy News he views hydrogen as a rare bright spot of bipartisan energy policy, with both the Opposition Labor and Coalition government supporting the development of a hydrogen industry in Australia.

Wilson welcomed Labor's announcement yesterday of $1.14 billion for development of a broad hydrogen industry, with $1 billion going to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

"We very much see this as a national strategy and welcome the momentum it brings," he said.

"We're very keen on hydrogen as a business, and COAG (the Council of Australian Governments) has been very supportive."

"I really see hydrogen as a candidate for bipartisan support," he said.

Last year the government announced $50 million of funding to a brown coal-to-hydrogen project in Victoria led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries worth an ultimate $498 million that aims to develop hydrogen that can be liquefied and shipped to Japan.

The CO2 left over from the conversion process would then be injected deep underground in a carbon capture and storage process.

Aside from mentions of ‘renewable' and clean industries and some funding for electrolysers Labor hasn't suggested whether its hydrogen will be ‘green' - made from water split into its parts via solar powered electrolysers - or ‘blue' - made from methane or coal and subject to disapproval from some environmentalists.

It also hasn't made a statement on the Victorian La Trobe Valley project.

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